This is a restaurant that presents itself as a higher end eatery.
Nothing much on the main menu appealed, so I had the Classic Levesques Salad. It was just OK - some sort of leafy greens, as I recall, with graded cheese and shredded ham on top. I also had a decaf élonger, which was also just OK. I had higher expectations.
My lunch companions were much happier with their meals. My wife raved over her blood sausage. They ordered from the Prix Fix and had entrées.
It was crowded and noisy until the crowd thinned out
Then there was a problem with the credit card device (mostly my bad), and when I arrived home, I realized I had been charged twice. They were most apologetic, and once I gave them my credit card number, it was fixed immediately.
Bottom line, I need to go back, give them a second chance, and try a main course.
Marwan Koné
This is a family favorite and a staple of Montreal city, this place has been open for 50 years, that is not easy to pull in a city like Montreal, goes to show you it's definitely a restaurant you're gonna want to visit, more than once even.
Stephen Cheng
Cute French bistro in Outremont on rue Laurier. Has both indoor and outdoor dining.
Food is great and there’s also a kids option for those under 14. Salmon served in a lemon sauce was phenomenal, loved the gazpacho, which was fresh, a dash of heat from the fresh pepper that was offered at the table. Perfect for a warm summer evening. Service is impeccable, friendly, attentive, and patient.
We dined outside, the traffic is minimal on a Thursday night with a pleasant breeze which made dining al fresco a delight. Atmosphere was more intimate and quieter than Leméac across the street that was much more lively.
Dray Mitchell
This place did seem like it used to be good based on prior reviews! Now though, it would make Gordon Ramsay resurrect Kitchen Nightmares for its swan song. Terrible place riding it's past glory - run and save your money 👍
Mary Dabdoub
Excellent five star service beautiful atmosphere in Montreal
David Lachance
cuisine exquise, le foie est tellement bon!!!
Catherine El Khomri
We had our Christmas meal here. The food is very good and the service very pleasant. I recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
FRANÇOIS SAINT-PIERRE
My partner and I have been loyal customers there for almost 30 years. We ate there almost every Friday, celebrating birthdays and holidays with friends or family members. But, as my partner can no longer travel, I thought that if she can no longer go to Chez Lévêque, the restaurant will come to her! And it happened. We chose the Holiday Menu: Lobster bisque and Germiny soup, Chablis-style snail puff pastry, old-style veal blanquette, verrine of amaretto tiramisu and lemon tart. The bisque and soup were delicious, creamy as can be, but the taste of lobster and greens were somewhat camouflaged by the abundance of crème fraîche. The snail puff pastry was presented in a different way: a snail sauce (lots of snails!) accompanied by a triangle-shaped puff pastry. Very good too. The slightly fibrous (!) cubed veal blanquette served with rice was nevertheless tasty. As for desserts, the tiramisu was different from the original offered in Italy because this verrine contained amaretto with maple sugar snow and pistachio. Very pleasant for the palate and taste buds. Finally, the lemon tart, well I would call it classic, but so sweet! All in all, my partner and I really enjoyed this typically French Christmas meal. Despite everything, we would have preferred a little more refined cuisine. Should I add that I still recommend visiting this restaurant...
Food: 4
Service: 5
Dina Chlomi
Mussels were raw, sauce was like a watery soup, chef was sleeping upstairs in a couch, horrible experience, HOWEVER, they gave me 40% on my meal
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 5
Robert Olivier
Excellent. Quality meal with fresh ingredients. Price a bit high. We go back there for classic cuisine.
The worst filet mignon served in a restaurant. A shame. Absolutely inedible meat because it was so hard. Another dish: kidneys. Very poorly denervated. How has this restaurant held up for 50 years while being so disappointing. To avoid.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
Lilyka
A sure-fire French bistro on Laurier Street!
To recommend:
Cod (dish of the day) Flank steak with creamy pepper sauce Duck terrine with celery remoulade (starter)
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Olivier Colaitis
Excellent,
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tartare de Boeuf Et Saumon
Daniel Durocher
As part of Montreal at the table 2024. My reservation did not work, I called the restaurant the same evening and indeed no reservation in my name. We were still welcomed at the bar. The menu was good, a little different from the one online (with additions). Our food choices were good and the attentive service from the bartender greatly contributed to our experience. The only downside (if there is one…) the portions are a little too generous…
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Helene Laplante
This was my last time at Chez Lévèque. A friend of mine wanted to go there and I thought "ok let's give them another chance", mistake. I am a big foodie and cook a lot, so my expectations are high. The appetizer salad was soaked with vinaigrette and the croquette de parmesan was cold and runny. A parmesan croquette should be crispy on the outside and soft but hold together on the inside, the cheese sauce was oosing out of the mushing exterior, plus it was cold, awful. I ordered the poisson du jour with the cream sauce on the side. The fish arrived floating in the sauce, I returned it, my plate came back so fast that it was impossible for the fish to have been recooked so quickly, well the fish was literally cold, not even warm. I ate my green beens. The first bad experience was 2 summers ago on the patio with my daughter, I received my foie de veau and she was never served her moules marinières...they actually sent us home with a take out salad loaded with chicken breast for my daughter to make sure she wouldn't starve. I then took my best friend there last November for his birthday, he chose. We ate at the bar and I had to return both my app and my main as they both arrived lukewarm not to say cold. Cold foie de veau is not to be recommended, that was the second bad experience. Today they apologized for the "unfortunate" meal, that is when I discreetly told them that it was the 3rd and last time for me. They brought us a free dessert and charged us both for our wine only...but it's too late for me, never again.
This is a restaurant that presents itself as a higher end eatery.
Nothing much on the main menu appealed, so I had the Classic Levesques Salad. It was just OK - some sort of leafy greens, as I recall, with graded cheese and shredded ham on top. I also had a decaf élonger, which was also just OK. I had higher expectations.
My lunch companions were much happier with their meals. My wife raved over her blood sausage. They ordered from the Prix Fix and had entrées.
It was crowded and noisy until the crowd thinned out
Then there was a problem with the credit card device (mostly my bad), and when I arrived home, I realized I had been charged twice. They were most apologetic, and once I gave them my credit card number, it was fixed immediately.
Bottom line, I need to go back, give them a second chance, and try a main course.
This is a family favorite and a staple of Montreal city, this place has been open for 50 years, that is not easy to pull in a city like Montreal, goes to show you it's definitely a restaurant you're gonna want to visit, more than once even.
Cute French bistro in Outremont on rue Laurier. Has both indoor and outdoor dining.
Food is great and there’s also a kids option for those under 14. Salmon served in a lemon sauce was phenomenal, loved the gazpacho, which was fresh, a dash of heat from the fresh pepper that was offered at the table. Perfect for a warm summer evening. Service is impeccable, friendly, attentive, and patient.
We dined outside, the traffic is minimal on a Thursday night with a pleasant breeze which made dining al fresco a delight. Atmosphere was more intimate and quieter than Leméac across the street that was much more lively.
This place did seem like it used to be good based on prior reviews! Now though, it would make Gordon Ramsay resurrect Kitchen Nightmares for its swan song. Terrible place riding it's past glory - run and save your money 👍
Excellent five star service beautiful atmosphere in Montreal
cuisine exquise, le foie est tellement bon!!!
We had our Christmas meal here. The food is very good and the service very pleasant.
I recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
My partner and I have been loyal customers there for almost 30 years. We ate there almost every Friday, celebrating birthdays and holidays with friends or family members. But, as my partner can no longer travel, I thought that if she can no longer go to Chez Lévêque, the restaurant will come to her! And it happened. We chose the Holiday Menu: Lobster bisque and Germiny soup, Chablis-style snail puff pastry, old-style veal blanquette, verrine of amaretto tiramisu and lemon tart.
The bisque and soup were delicious, creamy as can be, but the taste of lobster and greens were somewhat camouflaged by the abundance of crème fraîche. The snail puff pastry was presented in a different way: a snail sauce (lots of snails!) accompanied by a triangle-shaped puff pastry. Very good too. The slightly fibrous (!) cubed veal blanquette served with rice was nevertheless tasty. As for desserts, the tiramisu was different from the original offered in Italy because this verrine contained amaretto with maple sugar snow and pistachio. Very pleasant for the palate and taste buds. Finally, the lemon tart, well I would call it classic, but so sweet!
All in all, my partner and I really enjoyed this typically French Christmas meal. Despite everything, we would have preferred a little more refined cuisine. Should I add that I still recommend visiting this restaurant...
Food: 4
Service: 5
Mussels were raw, sauce was like a watery soup, chef was sleeping upstairs in a couch, horrible experience, HOWEVER, they gave me 40% on my meal
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 5
Excellent. Quality meal with fresh ingredients.
Price a bit high.
We go back there for classic cuisine.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The worst filet mignon served in a restaurant. A shame. Absolutely inedible meat because it was so hard. Another dish: kidneys. Very poorly denervated. How has this restaurant held up for 50 years while being so disappointing. To avoid.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
A sure-fire French bistro on Laurier Street!
To recommend:
Cod (dish of the day)
Flank steak with creamy pepper sauce
Duck terrine with celery remoulade (starter)
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Excellent,
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tartare de Boeuf Et Saumon
As part of Montreal at the table 2024.
My reservation did not work, I called the restaurant the same evening and indeed no reservation in my name. We were still welcomed at the bar. The menu was good, a little different from the one online (with additions). Our food choices were good and the attentive service from the bartender greatly contributed to our experience. The only downside (if there is one…) the portions are a little too generous…
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
This was my last time at Chez Lévèque. A friend of mine wanted to go there and I thought "ok let's give them another chance", mistake. I am a big foodie and cook a lot, so my expectations are high. The appetizer salad was soaked with vinaigrette and the croquette de parmesan was cold and runny. A parmesan croquette should be crispy on the outside and soft but hold together on the inside, the cheese sauce was oosing out of the mushing exterior, plus it was cold, awful. I ordered the poisson du jour with the cream sauce on the side. The fish arrived floating in the sauce, I returned it, my plate came back so fast that it was impossible for the fish to have been recooked so quickly, well the fish was literally cold, not even warm. I ate my green beens. The first bad experience was 2 summers ago on the patio with my daughter, I received my foie de veau and she was never served her moules marinières...they actually sent us home with a take out salad loaded with chicken breast for my daughter to make sure she wouldn't starve. I then took my best friend there last November for his birthday, he chose. We ate at the bar and I had to return both my app and my main as they both arrived lukewarm not to say cold. Cold foie de veau is not to be recommended, that was the second bad experience. Today they apologized for the "unfortunate" meal, that is when I discreetly told them that it was the 3rd and last time for me. They brought us a free dessert and charged us both for our wine only...but it's too late for me, never again.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
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